Gallant
by V.E. Schwab
Published by: Greenwillow Books, an imprint of Harper Collins
Audiobook Narrator: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Publish Date: 03/01/2022
CAWPILE Rating
Characters: 10/10
Atmosphere: 10/10
Writing: 10/10
Plot:6/10
Intrigue: 8/10
Logic: 10/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Total CAWPILE Score: 9/0/10
Rating: 5 🌟
Synopsis
Gallant is an unsettling story about an orphaned girl named Olivia, who receives a letter from a long-lost uncle calling her home to Gallant. With a journal filled etched with madness as the only piece of her mother she has had, Olivia eagerly takes the opportunity to escape the school for girls, but when she gets to Gallant, she does not receive the welcome she had hoped for. What she finds are more questions than answers in a house where not everything is as it seems, and death has been waiting for her.
Review
Everything I love about V.E. Schwab is on full display in Gallant. The characters are distinct and memorable. Olivia, the main character, is mute, which provides much needed positive representation for people with disabilities. The atmosphere in this book is like a character unto itself. In beautifully written prose, the combination of eerie atmosphere and plot pacing create a sense of foreboding which only enhances the continued intrigue of the story. The art within only adds to the atmosphere.
On the downside and without spoiling anything, I will say that I felt the climax of the story did not meet my expectations and felt slightly disappointing. When you spend an entire book building up an event and that event is concluded with so few pages dedicated to it, it doesn't provide the payoff that the story deserves. In Game of Thrones fashion, the climax and falling action sequences were too quickly over. The ending made sense and was one of the possibilities I foresaw as I finished the book, but the ending only made the issues with the climax and falling action all the more glaring for me.
Despite my disappointment at the story’s end, the book itself is still a fantastic example of the power of V.E. Schwab’s abilities to create beautiful characters and magical atmospheres with her writing. I recommend this book to fans of her Cassidy Blake series, as well as The Devil Makes Three by Tori Bollivano, and those who like paranormal ghost stories with a hint of horror.
If you've read this book, please tell me what you thought? Was I alone in these feelings? What books would you say are comparable to this one?
Until next time, Friends,
The Litterature
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